I was having a problem updating my system, but I think I have a more fundamental problem. I'm not sure what my architecture is!
Sorry for the dumb question. uname -a, gives the following Linux fluffy 2.6.7-gentoo-r14 #1 SMP Wed Aug 18 09:57:23 UTC 2004 x86_64 AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 250 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux Does this mean my arch is x86 or amd? For those who have managed to get this far without collapsing in fits of hysterics a bit of history, * Someone installed gentoo about a year ago for me. * Last week I wanted to add some apps and as I was finding probs decided to do an upadate. * I think I did emerge sync first. * then tried emerge -uDpv world * somewhere I had a problem that make.profile was not linked * I did a symbolic link to the amd64 2005.1 dir * then had various problems, such as !!! ERROR: sys-devel/gcc-3.4.4-r1 failed, when doing emerge -uv system I have now link make.profile to /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.1 Was this right? I then did emerge --sync and etc-update on 61 config files. Now getting the error below on emerge -upv system. Am I barking up the right tadpole? !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "sys-libs/libstdc++-v3" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - sys-libs/libstdc++-v3-3.3.3-r1 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) - sys-libs/libstdc++-v3-3.3.4 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) - sys-libs/libstdc++-v3-3.3.6 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook. !!! Problem with ebuild sys-devel/gcc-3.4.1-r1 !!! Possibly a DEPEND/*DEPEND problem. !!! Depgraph creation failed. Regards, Rupert > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kintzios [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 September 2005 14:19 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] System update problems > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rupert Young (Restart) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 22 September 2005 12:25 > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] System update problems > > > > > > Thanks. Unless anyone else has any suggestions I will try it. > > > > Can anyone else confirm this is the way to go before I try? > > It depends how patient you are. The suggested fix will bring your > machine up to an "as new" condition. On the other hand, it might > unnecessarily rebuilt packages that may not be broken or need updating > (yet) and will take years to complete (well, it depends on how fast your > machine is :-) That said I would think that after a whole year there > wouldn't be much left in portage, which has not a new ebuild? > > As an alternative, if your machine is not totally hosed you could start > from the bottom up rebuilding the core packages and after a fresh > --sync, update the whole world. Try re-emerging the gentoo toolkit: > gcc-config glibc binutils libstdc++. Run # etc-update and # env-update > && source /etc/profile as required and rebuild portage; do another > --sync; and then emerge -upDv world to see what comes up in need for an > update. > > However, if basic compilers, etc. are broken you will not be able to > re-emerge the toolkit and the solution suggested by Dave remains the > best option. > -- > Regards, > Mick > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
